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Yesterday I noted Iulica americana in all the lakes of
the Golden Gate Park. Iris reddish; feet greenish. Tame.
Saw two ducks flying from one lake to
another. In Stow Lake there were quite a number
of ducks. Out of half a dozen or ten Erismatura
jamaicensis, I saw one very red one. One Zonotrichia
leucophrys singing. In the buffalo and elk
daddock I saw several birds feeding on the
ground, which looked like Merula migratoria.
March 28, 1911.
Alameda to San Francisco, California. North side of
train; after decks of steamer; bright sunshine.
One cormorant on pile at mole. On the bay the
usual Larus glaucescens and Larus californicus. No
apparent change in numbers. One or two Larus
glaucescens on flagstaff of our steamer. Some
gulls riding on hurricane decks. A good many
immature Larus glaucescens on piles and
docks on San Francisco side.
March 30, 1911.
(Alameda to San Francisco, California.
Yesterday morning when the train was going out the
mole I saw a drake Clangula clangula rising
from the Oakland "Creek." Dales saw four ducks
in a shallow slough east of Twirt Street. On the
bay one cormorant.
To-day I saw two or three ducks flying on the
bay. Both yesterday and to-day Larus californicus
and Larus glaucescens were seen as usual, there